US Patent Issued on Feb. 18 for "Smart security camera with detection of suspicious cellphones" (Texas, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,231,831, issued on Feb. 18.

"Smart security camera with detection of suspicious cellphones" was invented by Frederic M Newman (Midland, Texas) and Robert J Harter (La Crosse, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A home security camera system captures a picture of a visitor and detects information about the visitor's smartphone, thereby providing a two-part digital ID of the visitor. The two-part ID is particularly useful to law enforcement when the picture portion of the ID happens to be blurry or obstructed. In some examples, a packet scanner sniffs probe requests transmitted by the visitor's phone. The packet scanner can be an integral ...